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Single portrait, Dewey as a young boy, seated on a bed

Individual portrait ; Dewey as a young boy

Little is known about J.D. Chaffin, the artist who made these drawings. Most likely, Chaffin was an enrollee in one of the 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Almost all of the pen-and-ink sketches in this series are of flora and…

Boy by wired fence. Spanish Moss hanging from trees. Photograph taken in Florida.

A photograph of a young boy posed in front of the Turpin's house on Dicks Creek in Jackson County.

A birch tree is growing on an old stump. Note the roots extending down to ground. As the stump decays and falls away, the birch will be left “on stilts.” The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain…

Young balsam and red spruce trees are rapidly coming back a few years after lumbering operations, by destructive methods, ceased. This is at the end of the Skyway. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky…

Reinfried Armstrong Romanes (April 4, 1896-1978), more often known as R. A. Romanes or simply as Romanes, was born and raised in Europe. In 1919, he emigrated to America and, through family and political connections, settled in Alto, Georgia, where…

Reinfried Armstrong Romanes (April 4, 1896-1978), more often known as R. A. Romanes or simply as Romanes, was born and raised in Europe. In 1919, he emigrated to America and, through family and political connections, settled in Alto, Georgia, where…